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Please Clarify, does it say offline on the printer itself or on your printer driver. If it says offline on the printer itself, normally pressing the go button should put it online. However, at the age of that printer the buttons could be dirty/worn out, I have had control panels fail quite often as of late. If it is saying offline on the computer driver then that is a whole different set of issues and I would need to know what operating system you are running.

The printer connects via a radio link which may have a weak signal, or the card may fail. It could be the computer which has lost the connection. Try closing down the computer, then re-booting. If the printer is soe distance away, try moving it closer.

I had this problem today with my wireless Brother MFC-990CW using Windows 7, and when I went to see what s printing, then printer, it wasn t showing that I had checked the use printer off-line
So, on my pc I went to the start button then chose:
- Computer
- Network
- Double click your printer
- New print drivers will start to install
- Right click the icon that is a copy made of your printer setup
- Set this as your default printer
I was then able to print and my printer didn t show as being off-line anymore. This is a lot easier than having to uninstall and install the printer again using the disc.
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I'm assuming it's USB and it got unplugged or turned off recently. Unplug the printer's USB cable for a bit (20 seconds), then plug it back in. Most likely the computer will recognize the new hardware and begin the software install that's needed. When you look at Printer on the computer again, you'll probably see a new one, but it'll show ONLINE. Make this one your default and delete the one that shows OFFLINE

I've had this happen to me several times and the above solution works for me. Good luck.

This could be related to what is call the printer spooler service its possibly disabledIf it is disabled the printer will print work and will show as off line I would check to make sure this service is running. Otherwise please clarify the answer of what happens when you have done the following 1st Check your connections make sure they are good. Firmly in the computer2nd Go to Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Services and run your eye down the list and when you come across Print Spooler make sure the Startup Type is Automatic and the Status is running. If not enable it by right clicking on Startup Type then Restart and do the same for the Status field, it should be running.I hope this helps you. Please Rate :) Thank you

Hello there:
for the document you want to print click on print and your printer should show up now just click on the printer and look down where it says use printer offline and click on it again and than it will say use printer online and just print from there ok please dont forget to rate this solution for me
best regards mike

If you are one a Mac, I may be able to help, as this happens to me. Sometimes when I send a print job, the printer shows as offline. HP recommends turning the printer off and then back on, but this did not always correct the problem. Go the the Printer Queue, click on the print job and then click on Pause Printer. Count to 10, then click on Resume. This fixes the problem for me and the printer then prints the job. I am running OS X 10.5.7. This same problem occurred using OSX 10.4.x

Usually you can click on the printer icon and it will show an off line. You can click it to go one line. If that doesn't work for you you may be able to go to document and it may let you click on line. If all else fails reinstall yor softwre. That's what I had to do.